Hame attachment.



E. R. BILDERBACK.

HAME ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 11. 1918.

1 ,2'25, 646 Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

Application filed April 11, 1918. Serial No. 227,925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDDY R. BILDERBACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Leon and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hame attachments, and more particularly to a guide or line holder to be used in connection with hames.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated of simple construction and operation which may be readily applied andmay be produced atvery small cost. A further ob ect is" to provide a line guide or holder having antifriction members for supporting the line so as to prevent wear or rubbing of the same. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

in the drawings:

Figure l is a front view of a hame having applied thereto a line holder constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified form.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified form of holder.

The hame A is of usual or standard construction, and is adapted to be secured about the lateral portion of a collar in the usual manner. A line holder indicated generally by l is secured to this hame in proper position for receiving and guiding the hand line. This holder is of substantially rectangular shape and comprises a lower horizontal bar 2, an inner end bar 3 integral therewith, an upper bar 4, and an outer end bar 5 integral with the upper bar. Lower bar 2 is ex tended so as to provide a securing element 6 which is secured in the hame. The upper end portion of inner end bar 3 is extended through the securing member 7 which is secured in the hame above the securing element 6. The upper end of bar 3 is extended through the inner end of top bar 4: and a suitable nut or other securing element is threaded on the bar 3 above bar 4, and the lower end of outer end bar 5 is similarly secured to the outer end of lower bar 2, as at 8. By this means, a substantially rectangu lar frame is produced consisting, broadly,

of two opposed L-shaped members which are detachably secured together at their ends. These members may be readily formed by bending from steel rods of suitable gage, thus enabling the frame to be produced at very small cost. In the event that it is de sirable or necessary to disassemble this holder for repairs, or other purposes, this may be readily accomplished by disconnecting the ends of bars 4 and 5 from the bars 3 and 4., respectively. 7

An anti-friction roller 9 is loosely mount ed on the inner end bar 3, a similar roller 10 is mounted on bar 5, and a roller 11 is mounted on the bottom bar 2. These rollers are secured against axial movement by col lars 12 secured on the bars of the frame ad jacent the ends of these rollers, a suitable set screw 13 being threaded. into each collar and engaging the bar on which the collar is mounted so as to permit the collar to be detached from the bar when desired. As will be noted more clearly from Fig. 3 of the drawings, this set screw is counter-sunk into the collar so as to be positioned entirely within the outline of the same thus elimi nating all ossibility of injury to the hand line from t e screw. The rollers 9, 10, and 11 form a substantially U-frame of antifriction members which is adapted to receive the hand line, these members serving to effectually prevent excessive rubbing or wear of the line such as takes place where this line is inserted through a ring, eye, or other suitable member not provided with anti-friction elements. By this arrangement, I insure greatly increased life of the hand line and also obtain free and easy operation of this line through the guide member.

In the form illustrated in Fig. 2, the rollers 9 and 10 on the bars 3 and 5, respectively, of the frame, are replaced by bearing balls or beads 14, which function in the same manner as the rollers to provide anti-friction bearing members for the hand line. In this form, the bottom roller 11 is secured against axial movement by the beads 15 mounted on the bottom rod 2 closely adjacent each end of the roller. The operation of this form of the device is the same as that illustrated in Fig. 1.

What I claim is: In a device of the character described, a substantially rectangular frame consisting of two opposed substantially L-sheped 1ne1n- In testimony whereof I affix my signature bers detaehably secured together at their in presence of two witnesses. ends, and anti-friction members carried by EDDY R. BILDERBACK. said frame on the end and bottom bars of Vitnesses:

5 the same so as to support and guide a hand J. M. LULLOB,

line inserted through "the frame. D. P. STEVENS.

Goplu of this patent may be obtained' for'five" s momm addressing the "Commissioner of .Patcnts. wrism'ir fomn. G. 

